Student&#39;s bookholder



W. COHEN.

sTuDENTs BooKHoLDER. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 7. 192i.

1,404,093. Patented Jan. 17, 1922;

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STUDENT S BOOKHOLDER.

yspecification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 17, 1922.

Application led January 7, 1921. Serial No. 435,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. VILLrAM COHEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and Improved Students Bookholder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear? and exact description.

This invention relates to book holders and particularly to an improvedconstruction especially desirablefor students and has for an object toprovide a construction wherein one or a large number of books may beheld in a clamped or bound position.

Another object in view is to provide a book holder which will take theplace of the usual straps or other carrying means and which will clampthe books in position while at the same time presenting a form ofcarrier.

A further object more specifically is Vto provide a book holder orcarrier which acts as arack tor supporting the books on a desk or onsome other place while being capable ot' use as a book clamping carrierwhen the students move from room to room in a building or from theschool building to their homes.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a front view of a book holderdisclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral,V l and 2 indicateuprights or frames connected together by a suitable pin 3 on which ahandle or grip LLL is mounted. The frames l and 2 are shown as beingtubular but these may be solid it desired and connected in any suitablemanner with the extensions 5 of the respective springs' and 7 .Y vThesprings 6 and 7 in addition to the extensions 5 have clamping U-shapedextensions S and 9 which are adapted to press against the outside booksarranged in the holder as shown in Figure 2.

The particular construction shown in the drawing shows the extension 5rigidly fitted into the lower part of the tubular frames l and 2 thoughas above mentioned, these frames could be solid and be connected in anysuitable manner to the extension 5 or could be formed integraltherewith. The clamping members 8 and 9 and the material forming thesprings 6 and 7 is sufficiently strong to present sufficient springs anda sulliciently stiff clamping structure to firmly hold in place one or anumber of books forced between the clamping members and the frames l and2. The various springs 6 and 7 act as supporting legs in addition tosprings so that the holder may act as a rack to be placed on a studentsdesk or at some other point while the arrangement of the handle 4 andassociated parts converts the holder into a carrier whereby the studentmay carry his books from room to room or from his home to the school.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture a book holder,comprising an inverted U-shaped frame and inverted U-shaped clampingmembers on opposite sides ot the frame7 each clamping member having thelower end of each of its arms formed into a coil spring eX- tendingbelow the frame, the terminals of said springs being secured to thelower ends of the legs of the said frame, whereby a pair of springs willbe located at each end of the frame to form supporting legs therefor.

WILLIAM COHEN,

